Visually sensitive seizures: An updated review by the Epilepsy Foundation

RS Fisher, JN Acharya, FM Baumer, JA French… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Light flashes, patterns, or color changes can provoke seizures in up to 1 in 4000 persons.
Prevalence may be higher because of selection bias. The Epilepsy Foundation reviewed …

Focal abnormalities in idiopathic generalized epilepsy: a critical review of the literature

U Seneviratne, M Cook, W D'souza - Epilepsia, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Conventionally, epilepsy is dichotomized into distinct “focal” and “generalized” categories.
However, many studies have reported so‐called focal features among patients with …

Focal structural changes and cognitive dysfunction in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

J O'muircheartaigh, C Vollmar, GJ Barker, V Kumari… - Neurology, 2011 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine if there were focal cortical abnormalities in
juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) using neuropsychological investigations and MRI …

Photosensitivity in generalized epilepsies

S Poleon, JP Szaflarski - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2017 - Elsevier
Photosensitivity, which is the hallmark of photosensitive epilepsy (PSE), is described as an
abnormal EEG response to visual stimuli known as a photoparoxysmal response (PPR). The …

[HTML][HTML] Photosensitivity and epilepsy: current concepts and perspectives—a narrative review

AM Da Silva, B Leal - Seizure, 2017 - Elsevier
The authors review the influence of photic stimuli on the generation of epileptic seizures,
addressing the first descriptions of the phenomenon and its subsequent exploration. Initially …

Altered structural and functional connectivity of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: an fMRI study

C Zhong, R Liu, C Luo, S Jiang, L Dong… - Neural …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this study was to investigate the structural and functional connectivity (FC) of
juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) using resting state functional magnetic resonance …

Widespread cortical morphologic changes in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: evidence from structural MRI

L Ronan, S Alhusaini, C Scanlon, CP Doherty… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Atypical morphology of the surface of the cerebral cortex may be related to
abnormal cortical folding (gyrification) and therefore may indicate underlying malformations …

[HTML][HTML] Subtle brain developmental abnormalities in the pathogenesis of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

M Gilsoul, T Grisar, AV Delgado-Escueta… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME), a lifelong disorder that starts during adolescence, is the
most common of genetic generalized epilepsy syndromes. JME is characterized by …

Understanding juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: contributions from neuroimaging

J Anderson, K Hamandi - Epilepsy research, 2011 - Elsevier
Advanced neuroimaging techniques have been utilised with ever increasing frequency over
the last 10 years. A range of structural and functional imaging modalities have been …

A meta-analysis of voxel-based morphometry studies on gray matter volume alteration in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

B Cao, YY Tang, JP Li, X Zhang, HF Shang, D Zhou - Epilepsy research, 2013 - Elsevier
The findings of structural neuroimaging studies on gray matter volume (GMV) of juvenile
myoclonic epilepsy (JME) with voxel-based morphometry (VBM) were inconsistent. We aim …